TRUMP FORGETS ROD BLUM'S NAME IN PROBLEMATIC IOWA TRIP

[rurallib]

https://iowastartingline.com/2018/07/26/trump-forgets-rod-blums-name-in-problematic-iowa-trip/

(laughing my ass off)

2. Trump forgets Rod Blum’s name. Twice during the event Trump accidentally referred to Iowa’s 1st District congressman as “Matt Blum.” He did clearly know it was Rod, however, correctly saying the congressman’s name many other times during the event. It was still an awkward moment that no one corrected him on.

3. Blum thanks Trump for trade war. The most vulnerable Republican incumbent in the nation may have made matters worse for himself by standing up for Trump’s trade wars. “Thank you for having political courage to renegotiate these trade deals,” Blum told Trump. “You’ve taken some heat for it in the short-term, but in the long-run, the farmers, the manufacturers, the employers are all going to better off.”

6. Trump tries out nickname for Finkenauer. As we noted in a recent podcast, Republican Chair Jeff Kaufmann has tried to get Trump-like nicknames to stick with various Democrats running in Iowa, but the pithy insults never seem to have the same effect when it’s coming from anyone other than Trump. The president seemed to take a shine to the “Absent Abby” nickname Kaufmann has attached to Abby Finkenauer, a misleading title suggesting she’s missed a lot of votes in the Statehouse. Finkenauer took it in stride, however:

Kaufmann is a real pig IMHO

[hedda_foil]

1. Wow, Abby isn't going to let any nonsense nickname stick to her!

[rurallib]

2. never met her, but sure would like to

some of the videos I have seen of her in the legislature are pretty inspiring.

[progressoid]

3. 1. Secretary of Commerce jokes about unemployed Iowans.

Before Trump even arrived to the event, his scandal-plagued Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross joked about unemployed people disrupting their plane’s landing.

If all goes well, Wilbur Ross will be unemployed in a few months.

[rurallib]

4. another one who should be in jail